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Today (19th) around 8:40 pm, a magnitude 4.6 earthquake occurred in the sea 144 km east of Ulsan.

Although no damage has been reported yet, large-scale earthquakes have been occurring all over the world recently, so it seems necessary to analyze the cause.



Reporter Jeong Da-eun reports.



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At around 8:40 pm tonight, a magnitude 4.6 earthquake occurred at a point 144 km off the coast of Dong-gu, Ulsan.



The earthquake occurred 10 km underground.



Although it is closer to the Japanese side, tremors of magnitude 2 were detected in Ulsan, Gyeongbuk, Busan, and Daegu.



Seismic intensity 2 is the level at which people indoors feel the shaking and hanging objects, such as light fixtures, shake.



It is far away and it is expected that there will be no damage to the inland area due to the occurrence in the sea area.



The Korea Meteorological Administration said there is no risk of a tsunami in Korean waters due to the earthquake.



This earthquake is the most powerful earthquake that occurred in the waters near Korea this year.



In April, a magnitude 3.4 earthquake occurred 23km east of Yeongdeok, North Gyeongsang Province, but this is the first earthquake with a magnitude greater than 4 this year.



A very powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred in Taiwan yesterday, and a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred in the waters west of Okinawa, Japan, raising tensions over the risk of an earthquake in East Asia.



On the 5th, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan Province in southwestern China, killing at least 90 people.